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Email:	pauls@ied.edu.hk
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Office:	B4-1/F-36 / 38 Department of English  Hong Kong Institute of Education  10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po Hong Kong
Tel:	2948 8823

Teaching Interests

Research Interests

Selected Publications

2012

• Stapleton, P. (2012). Using conference submission data to uncover broad trends in language teaching: A case study of one conference over 30 years.  Language Teaching Research.

• Stapleton, P. (2012). Shifting cognitive processes while composing in an electronic environment: A study of L2 graduate writing. Applied Linguistics Review, 3(1), 151–171.

• Stapleton, P. (2012). Gauging the effectiveness of anti-plagiarism software: An empirical study of second language graduate writers. Journal of English for Academic Purpose, 11(2), 125–133.

2011

• Stapleton, P. (2011). A survey of attitudes towards critical thinking among Hong Kong secondary school teachers: Implications for policy change. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 6(1), 14-23.

• Nault, S., & Stapleton, P. (2011). The community participation process in ecotourism development: A case study of the community of Sogoog, Bayan-Ulgii, Mongolia. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 19(6), 695-712.

2010

• Stapleton, P. (2010). Writing in an electronic age: A case study of L2 composing processes. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 9(4), 295-307.

• Stapleton, P., & Collett, P. (2010). JALT Journal turns 30: A retrospective of the first three decades. Jalt Journal, 32(1), 75-90.

• Stapleton, P., & Radia, P. (2010). Tech-era L2 writing: Towards a new kind of process.  ELT Journal, 64(2), 175-183.

2009

• Radia, P., & Stapleton, P. (2009). Unconventional sources as a new convention: The shifting paradigm of undergraduate writing.  The Internet and Higher Education, 12(3-4), 156-164.

2008

• Radia, P., & Stapleton, P. (2008). Unconventional Internet genres and their impact on second language undergraduate students' writing process.  The Internet and Higher Education, 11(1), 9-17.

• Stapleton, P., & Helms-Park, R. (2008). A response to Matsuda and Tardy’s “Voice in academic writing: The rhetorical construction of author identity in blind manuscript review.”  English for Specific Purposes, 27(1), 94-99.

2007

• Helms-Park, R., Radia, P., & Stapleton, P. (2007). A preliminary assessment of Google Scholar as a source of EAP students’ research materials. The Internet and Higher Education, 10(1), 65-76.

• Shirato, J., & Stapleton, P. (2007). Comparing English vocabulary in a spoken learner corpus with a native speaker corpus: Pedagogical implications arising from an empirical study in Japan. Language Teaching Research, 11(4), 393-412.

• Tanaka, H., & Stapleton, P. (2007). Increasing reading input in Japanese high school EFL classrooms: An empirical study exploring the efficacy of extensive reading. The Reading Matrix, 7(1), 115-131.
  

2006

• Stapleton, P., Helms-Park, R., & Radia, P. (2006). The Web as a source of unconventional research materials in second language academic writing. The Internet and Higher Education, 9(1), 63-75.

• Stapleton, P. (2006). Developing learners' critical filter for Web sites. Essential Teacher, 3(1), 50-53.

• Stapleton, P. (2006). Critiquing research methodology. Comments on broader concerns about complex statistical studies. Applied Linguistics, 27(1), 130-134.

• Stapleton, P., & Helms-Park, R. (2006). Evaluating Web sources in an EAP module: Introducing a multi-trait instrument for feedback and assessment. English for Specific Purposes, 25(4), 438-455.

• Helms-Park, R., & Stapleton, P. (2006). How the views of faculty can inform undergraduate Web-based research: Implications for academic writing. Computers and Composition, 23(4), 444-461.

• Mizushima, L., & Stapleton, P. (2006). Analyzing the function of meta-oriented critical comments in Japanese comic conversations. Journal of Pragmatics, 38, 2105-2123.

2005

• Stapleton, P. (2005). Using the Web as a research source: Implications for L2 academic writing. Modern Language Journal, 89(2), 177-189.

• Stapleton, P. (2005). Evaluating web-sources: Internet literacy and L2 academic writing. ELT Journal, 59(2), 135-143.

2003

• Helms-Park, R., & Stapleton, P. (2003). Questioning the importance of individualized voice in undergraduate L2 argumentative writing: An empirical study with pedagogical implications.  Journal of Second Language Writing, 12 (3), 245-265.

• Stapleton, P. (2003). Assessing the quality and bias of web-based sources: Implications for academic writing. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2(3), 229-245.

• Stapleton, P. (2003). Storytelling narratives in English and Japanese: A comparative study with implications for TEFL. Asia Pacific Journal of Language and Education, 6(2), 79-98.

2002

• Stapleton, P. (2002). Critiquing voice as a viable pedagogical tool in L2 writing: Returning the spotlight to ideas. Journal of Second Language Writing, 11(3), 177-190.

• Stapleton, P. (2002). Critical thinking in Japanese L2 writing: Rethinking tired constructs. ELT Journal, 56(3), 250-257. 
  

2001

• Stapleton, P. (2001). Critical thinking in Japanese L2 writing: Implications about content familiarity and assumptions. Written Communication, 18(4), 506-548.
  

2000

• Stapleton, P. (2000). Culture's role in TEFL: An attitude survey in Japan. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 13(3), 291-305.

Course Books

Forthcoming

• Stapleton, P. (2012). Goodbye Galapagos: Evolving aspects of Japanese society. Tokyo: Cengage.

2010

• Stapleton, P. (2010). Econosense:  Economics and human nature. Tokyo: Cengage.

2009

• Stapleton, P. (2009). DNA Stories: Understanding how genes affect our world.  Tokyo: Cengage.

• Stapleton, P. (2009). Stay healthy. Tokyo: Cengage.

2008

• Stapleton, P. (2008). Climate change: The coming crisis. Tokyo: Cengage.

• Stapleton, P. (2008). What globalization really means. Tokyo: Seibido.

• Stapleton, P. (2008). Newsmakers. Tokyo: MacMillan.

• Stapleton, P. (2008). Keywords for Japan now. Tokyo: Cengage.

2007

• Stapleton, P. (2007). Food: Some deeper insights into what we eat. Tokyo: Thomson.

• Stapleton, P. (2007). Newsflash: Japan 2020. Tokyo: MacMillan.

2006

• Stapleton, P. (2006). Fact, fable, or fiction: Studies in critical thinking and skepticism. Tokyo: MacMillan.

• Stapleton, P. (2006). How culture affects communication. Tokyo: Kinseido.

2004

• Stapleton, P. (2004). New perspectives: Focusing on human life and culture. Tokyo: Kinseido.

2002

• Stapleton, P. (2002). New understandings. Tokyo: Kinseido.

2000

• Stapleton, P. (2000). Exploring hidden culture. Tokyo: Kinseido.

1997

• Stapleton, P. (1997). Beneath the surface. Tokyo: Seibido.

Media Commentary

• The far side: Hong Kong's third runway. South China Morning Post. July 7, 2011.

Paper Presentation at Conferences

2011

• The effectiveness of antiplagiarism software: An empirical study of L2 writers, Symposium on Second Language Writing, Taipei, June 10.

• Writing in an electronic age: A case study of L2 composing processes and shifting cognitive resources. AILA Conference, Beijing, Aug. 24.

2010

• Stapleton, P. (2010).The L2 academic composing process. Jalt National Conference, Nagoya, Nov. 20.

2009

• A survey of attitudes towards critical thinking among Hong Kong secondary school teachers: Implications for policy change both locally and globally. Asian Conference on Education 2009. Osaka, Oct. 243.

• Tech-era L2 writing: Towards a new kind of process. JALT National Conference. Shizuoka, Nov. 23.

2008

• Unconventional Internet Genres and Their Impact on Second Language Undergraduate Students’ Writing Process. Language Issues in English-medium Universities: A Global Concern, University of Hong Kong, June 18-20.

2007

• Writing Pedagogy: Returning the focus to content. JALT National Conference.Tokyo, Nov. 23.

• Authentic Writing: Implications from a Preliminary Empirical Study. AsiaTefl. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 8.

2006

• Steps towards becoming electronically literate. JALT National. Nov. 5.

• Moving towards electronic literacy: Evaluating websites as information sources in academic writing. JALT Call. June 6.

2005

• The Web as an opinion-altering force: Implications for L2 academic writing.AsiaTEFL, Nov. 4.

• Advancing electronic literacy in EAP writing: Introducing an evaluation scale.AILA, Jul. 25, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A. (with Rena Helms-Park).

2004

• Critical Web-source evaluation: Implications for the L2 academic writing curriculum. The 18th International Language in Education Conference (ILEC 2004), Dec. 17, Hong Kong. (with Rena Helms-Park)

• Web-sourcing: Implications for academic writing. Japan Association for Language Teaching, National Conference, Nov. 20, Nara.

• Electronic Literacy and L2 writing: Case studies of Web-exemplars. Sapporo CALL Conference, Oct. 23, Sapporo.

• Rating first-year EAP students’ Web-based research materials. Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric, May 31, 2004, Winnipeg, Canada. (with Rena Helms-Park ）

• Using the WWW as a research source in undergraduate L2 academic writing: Implications for topic choice and web-source selection. Temple University Colloquium in Applied Linguistics, Feb. 15, Tokyo.

2003

• Bias on the WWW: Implications for academic writing. Japan Association for Language Teaching, National Conference, Nov. 22, Shizuoka.

• Writing a research paper for publication. Sapporo JALT, Sept. 28, Sapporo.

• Changing education in Japan: Cultural forces versus global trends. Japanand Russia: Dialogue and cultural interaction conference. Sept. 17, Sakhalin State University, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia.

• Questioning the importance of voice in undergraduate L2 argumentative writing: An empirical study with pedagogical implications. Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric, Mar. 31, Halifax, Canada. (with Rena Helms-Park)

• Assessing the quality of web-based sources: Implications for academic writing. American Association of Applied Linguistics, Mar. 22, Arlington, MD, USA.